Freeview Light on the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmitter which serves 800 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Chiseldon (Swindon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Chiseldon transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 183m | DTG-3 | 16W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 183m | DTG-3 | 16W |
 3 ITV (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 25 ITV4, 29 E4 +1, 34 ITV +1 (West), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 183m | DTG-6 | 16W |
 72 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Chiseldon (Swindon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Chiseldon transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 62km west (264°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 59km west (262°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | |||||
| W | W | W | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | +BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C24 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C27 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C30 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C34 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C49tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 19W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-0.7dB) 16W |
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Friday, 17 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:47 PM
7:47 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Sep 17:49 until 17 Sep 17:54. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 30 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:29 PM
2:29 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Sep 14:42 until 30 Sep 14:59. . [BBC]
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Friday, 1 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:43 AM
11:43 AM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 1 Oct 12:01 until 1 Oct 12:05. Off the air due to a fault from 30 Sep 14:42 until 30 Sep 14:59. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:44 PM
2:44 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 1 Oct 12:01 until 1 Oct 12:05. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:29 PM
5:29 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Oct 18:08. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:29 PM
8:29 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Oct 18:08 until 14 Oct 18:16. . [BBC]
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Friday, 22 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:44 PM
5:44 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Oct 15:36 until 22 Oct 16:02. . [BBC]
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Friday, 29 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:46 PM
2:46 PM
Chiseldon transmitter - Chiseldon transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 1 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Chiseldon transmitter - Chiseldon transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:48 AM
5:48 AM
Chiseldon transmitter - Chiseldon transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/11/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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